Git JSON Logger CLI

Easily generate metadata file containing basic git repo information

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Get Started

• npm i -D git-json-logger-cli

• git-logger [--outdir <directory>] [--outfile <filename>]

  • Outputs a file called <filename> in directory <directory> containing the following git repository metadata:
    • Current user
    • Current branch
    • Latest commit hash
    • Date of last commit
    • Remote url's

Warning Make sure the directory in question contains a .git folder and is a git repository, otherwise a script error will occur.

API Reference

git-logger [--outdir <directory>] [--outfile <filename>]

Option	Description	Default
--outfile	Name of metadata file to output. Will be placed in the directory defined for option --outdir	git-metadata.json
--outdir	Name of directory for metadata file to be placed in.	directory of current process, process.cwd()

Example Output

// git-metadata.json
{
    "user": "John Doe <[e-mail]>",
    "branch": "master",
    "commit": "cc8e1242bf20a676d73f88024cf410b686e7c955",
    "date": "2022-12-08T19:02:03.000Z",
    "remotes": [
        {
            "name": "origin",
            "url": "<url> (fetch)"
        },
        {
            "name": "origin",
            "url": "<url> (push)"
        }
    ]
}